A Forge Without Iron
If you wanted to know what’s in the air of a lava planet, it wouldn’t be a good idea to go visit in person. Luckily, astronomers don’t have to.
If you wanted to know what’s in the air of a lava planet, it wouldn’t be a good idea to go visit in person. Luckily, astronomers don’t have to.
Researchers take a wide view of an unusual repeating fast radio burst to decode the burst’s dispersed signal.
Astrobites reports on the prospect of using JWST to detect prebiosignatures: the molecules that indicate not life itself, but the possibility that life might someday form.
Why did a small galaxy stop forming stars less than 700 million years after the Big Bang? Cosmological simulations give some clues about why star formation stalled.
Quiescent elliptical galaxies might harbor a new class of rare transients called luminous fast coolers, the physical origins of which remain unknown.
Researchers have detected glycolamide, a chemical cousin to the simplest amino acid necessary for life on Earth, in the interstellar medium for the first time.
Astrobites reports on an interesting case of a solar radio burst occurring under unusual conditions.
Researchers have mapped the surface of one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, using a technique that marries different data types into one visualization.
By the time you finish this sentence, trillions of neutrinos will have passed harmlessly through your body. But, where are all of them coming from? Astronomers still aren’t sure, but they’re starting to put limits on the answer.
Lab experiments show that mixing Martian surface material into briny liquid helps water remain a liquid under colder, drier conditions.
Astrobites reports on a mysterious stellar streak — could it be a wake left behind by a rogue black hole, or is it something else entirely?
Fast radio bursts have puzzled astronomers for more than 15 years now, but they may be getting close to an explanation for these powerful flashes.